Kathryn Ruemmler, the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, is stepping down...
In a blistering, borderline sarcastic ruling that borrowed language from the 1920s and quoted Bob Dylan, a federal judge on...
On a near-party-line vote of 218-213, House Republicans on Wednesday muscled through the most sweeping federal election overhaul in a...
The French Foreign Ministry is facing one of its most serious internal crises in years. A middle-ranking diplomat, Fabrice Aidan,...
In an unprecedented and deeply symbolic move, the Council of Europe—the continent's foremost guardian of human rights and the rule...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the 83-year-old leader known as "the crocodile" for his political cunning, is engineering a constitutional revolution that...
In a dramatic reversal under immense public pressure, Nigeria's Senate has voted to support a landmark reform mandating the real-time...
In a surprising blow to the family of the former ruling dynasty, a Zambian High Court has ordered Dalitso Lungu,...
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions in a congressional deposition on Monday, leaving lawmakers frustrated and raising fresh questions about...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a crushing election mandate that not only consolidates her political power at home...
Japanese politics just got a lot more interesting, and it’s hard not to notice the influence coming from across the...
The UK is shaking. Can a government survive when one of its most trusted aides resigns over a scandal tied...
There is no way to talk about Jeffrey Epstein without anger. Too many powerful people walked around him freely while...
In a political earthquake that has sent shockwaves through the Republican leadership, Democrat Christian Menefee has won a special election...
In a coordinated act of digital counter-programming, a coalition of Black TikTokers launched a campaign to propel Michelle Obama’s documentary...

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